Diary : holograph, 1835-1875.

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Diary : holograph, 1835-1875.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58775484

Diary, 1835-1875. Strong wrote an extremely lengthy and detailed narrative and commentary about persons, events, and institutions in New York City, particularly his attendance and continued interest in Columbia College; his career as an attorney in the firm of his father, George Washington Strong; his interest in law and his attitude towards current practices among lawyers; his frequent attendance at concerts, operas, oratorios, and the theatre; his membership in numerous civic and cultural organizations, particularly as president of the Philharmonic Society and treasurer of the Sanitary Commission; numerous social activities, including friendships with his cousin, Charles Edward Strong, and with George Christian Anthon; family affairs, including his marriage to Ellen Ruggles, daughter of Samuel B. Ruggles, and the death of their first child. There are some pen and ink drawings in the diary, and various other papers are pasted in or laid in, including clippings, photographs, letters, Confederate banknotes, and other printed ephemera.

4 v. (ca. 2,250 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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